Steve and Laura and their children Ruth and Esther are in their second two-year term of service in Podgorica, Montenegro. They continue to engage in language and acculturation studies while ministering with the local congregation and discipling others through Bible studies and friendships.

Seth and Theresa serve in the Shenandoah Valley, helping churches share the Good News with children in their local communities. They desire to expand Kids Club programs from several congregations to meet a wider need in the community.

Asher and Lindsey have been approved for a two-year ministry assignment with Mennonite Mission Network, in partnership with VMMissions, in Botswana, relating primarily to the Mother Theresa Resource Center.

Shawn and Laura and family serve with a church-planting team in southern Italy that works in the Molise, Abruzzo and Puglia regions. They assist with worship, reaching out to new persons through home Bible studies, and expanding the work into new areas.

A family of six lives among Muslims in a large city where they engage in strategic prayer and ministry of the Word, planting seeds for the mobilization of God’s kingdom in a regional crossroads. They are serving in partnership with Eastern Mennonite Missions.

Steve and Bethany are working with the Life Enrichment Church – a cluster of locally led village-based worshipping groups in the far southeast corner of Thailand’s rural rice farming region of “Isaan.”

Brent and Alisha are serving in Bundibugyo, Uganda, with Serge, in partnership with VMMissions as Associated Workers. Brent works with grounds and facilities, and also focuses on disciplehip/mentoring young men. Alisha, a dietician, is working with a local clinic addressing severe malnutrition in the region.

Marvin Lorenzana mentors Hispanic leaders by nurturing leadership development, theological education and church planting within Virginia Mennonite Conference as Mennonite Hispanic Initiative (MHI) Director. He was a part-time staff member of VMMissions from 2014 to 2016. Marvin was instrumental in launching MHI in 2008 as a VMMissions approved ministry with the help of the VMMissions […]

Lee and Peg Martin are serving with Mennonite Central Committee as SWAP (Sharing with Appalachian People) location coordinators in Kimball, W.Va., a small town in McDowell County, as Associated Workers with VMMissions.

Luis will continue to serve quarter-time as Iglesia Discipular Anabaptista’s church planter/pastor and devote half of his time as a Spanish-language mission worker in local Virginia-based mission work.

Yugo and Grace live and serve in a slum community, running a preschool and after school program for neighborhood kids called Rumah Harapan (House of Hope) in a large Southeast Asia city, serving with Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor, in partnership with VMMissions as Associated Workers.

Raleigh and Opal (names changed) and their children are learning languages and building relationships as part of a long-term vision to invite a people movement toward Jesus. They hope to partner with locals and other workers in agricultural development and to teach English.

Mark and Sarah serve in the rural northeastern part of Thailand, where they support the Life Enrichment Church and engage in Bible teaching and leadership development. They serve in partnership with Eastern Mennonite Missions.

Klementina is executive director of the Lezha Academic Center , overseeing the development of the school. Dini serves as Executive Director for AMMF, and works as project manager for the school. He also serves as an elder at Guri I Themelit, the local Mennonite church.

David and Rebekka are church planters in the multicultural urban center of Mannheim and network with young adults throughout Germany who are seeking to live and serve in missional communities. They serve in partnership with the South German Mennonite Conference and Mennonite Mission Network.

A family of five lives in a Muslim community in South Asia, where they work with the local church in discipleship, neighborhood outreach, leadership development and resource development. They serve with Pioneers, in partnership with VMMissions as Associated Workers.

Rafael and Solange are congregational leaders at Guri I Themelit, the Mennonite church in Lezhë, Albania, serving in worship, preaching, women’s meetings, evangelism, and discipleship training. They serve in partnership with the Junta Menonita de Missões Internacionais (Brazil) and are Associated Workers of VMMissions.

Norma is director of the Joshua Center, a pre-school for Roma children in Lezhë, Albania. She leads a meeting for mothers of the Roma children. She leads a youth cell group and children’s ministry in the Lezhë congregation. She serves in partnership with Junta Menonita de Missões Internacionais, Brazil.

Caitlin serves with with New Creation in Harrisonburg, Va., a ministry of outreach and education to raise awareness of human trafficking and the vulnerable people impacted by it. Caitlin is developing a volunteer program for New Creation and will also serve as an assistant to the Director of the ministry.

A family of four serves as Associate Workers for a two-year assignment in a major city in western Asia, working with an agency that focuses on and has ministry experience in Central Asia. They bring nine years of experience to this assignment as former workers serving among Uzbeks in a neighboring Central Asian country. During […]

Jason leads Christian services, offers pastoral care for inmates and coordinates visiting ministries. His chaplaincy work also includes advocating with churches for jail ministries and developing the needed resources for inmates, ex-offenders and their families.